Ithaca, NY - Fordham's Erin Rooney scored a game-high 15 points - including hitting all six of her free throws in the game's closing minutes - to defeat Cornell 58-50 in the Red's first home game of the year Sunday afternoon at Newman Arena.

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The Rams (2-0) controlled the battle of the boards, outrebounding Cornell 41-25, including an edge of 16-9 on the offensive glass. Cornell (1-1) held the Rams to 36 percent shooting from the field, but the Rams drained four threes and went 14-17 from the charity stripe.

Cornell shot 2-12 from three-point range and 6-11 from the free throw line.

Cornell's Allyson DiMagno was one rebound shy of a double-double, collecting 11 points, nine boards and four steals, Clare Fitzpatrick chipped in with 11 points and one board and Spencer Lane contributed eight points and a team-high four assists.

Cornell will travel to Binghamton on Wednesday before returning home to host Syracuse University at 5:30 on Friday November 16. Join RLM Sports for the broadcast starting with the pregame show at 5:15 with tipoff at 5:30.